Two-dimensional flexural ultrasonic phased array for flow measurement

Lei Kang; Andrew Feeney; Riliang Su; David Lines; Axel Jager; Han Wang; Yavor Arnaudov; Sivaram Nishal Ramadas; Mario Kupnik; Steve Dixon

doi:10.1109/ULTSYM.2017.8092220

Two-dimensional flexural ultrasonic phased array for flow measurement

Lei Kang, Andrew Feeney, Riliang Su, David Lines, Axel Jager, Han Wang, Yavor Arnaudov, Sivaram Nishal Ramadas, Mario Kupnik, Steve Dixon

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Abstract

The arrival time detection probability and the measurement range of transit-time ultrasonic flow meters are undermined by the sound drift effect. One solution to this problem is utilizing a phased-array beam steering technique to compensate the bend of the ultrasonic beams. The design, the fabrication and the characterization of two-dimensional flexural ultrasonic phased arrays is investigated in this paper. A meter body with an inner diameter of 146 mmis machined to accommodate the arrays, and flow tests are carried out at different flow rates ranging from 0 to 2500 m³/h. Experimental results indicate that, with the increase of flow rate, the optimum steering angle of arrays increases from 30° to 40.5° when ultrasonic beams travel upstream and decreases from 30° to 22.5° when ultrasonic beams travel downstream. This proof-of-concept design demonstrates the potential of the flexural ultrasonic phased array as an accurate, economic, efficient, and robust solution for gas flow measurement.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2017
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538633830
ISBN (Print)	9781538633847
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2017.8092220
Publication status	Published - 31 Oct 2017
Event	2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2017 - Washington, United States Duration: 6 Sept 2017 → 9 Sept 2017

Publication series

Name	IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS
ISSN (Print)	1948-5719
ISSN (Electronic)	1948-5727

Conference

Conference	2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	6/09/17 → 9/09/17

Keywords

Flexural ultrasonic transducer
Flow measurement
Phased array
Transit-time flow meter

Access to Document

10.1109/ULTSYM.2017.8092220

Cite this

Kang, L., Feeney, A., Su, R., Lines, D., Jager, A., Wang, H., Arnaudov, Y., Ramadas, S. N., Kupnik, M., & Dixon, S. (2017). Two-dimensional flexural ultrasonic phased array for flow measurement. In 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS 2017 Article 8092220 (IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ULTSYM.2017.8092220

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